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[JurisDictum]

Originally Posted by EpicAdventure [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

reminded me of something i saw on youtube once:
Memellennials in the Workforce: A Generation of Weakeness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXWNChoIluo&t=14s

That's his worse video IMO. He has done some better stuff on corporate leadership.

First of all, there is absolutely no sign that millennials function at a lower level. It's all anecdotal BS...there's plenty of it with every generation.... It's only stuff like "millennials don't have stable jobs, cars, houses" that has any merit...its pretty clear a lot of that shit is harder to get and more expensive now -- no generational theory needed.

Second, this guy wasn't even talking about "all millennials ..." he's talking about the best and brightest rich kids mostly... doesn't take 2 mins to think about that one... "hrrrrmm maybe rich kids act entitled and like they have better options?"

How can you possibly understand a generation by only focusing on 20-something tech kids?

Finally, the participation trophy thing is purely fake...We all knew what "everyone is 1st place" meant...even when very young. We did not internalize any of this participation trophy shit to the degree the media would have you believe. We all knew some kids were smarter than others, better looking than others, tougher than others, better at sports than others, more money than others...but somehow a participation trophy decimates all of that?

This idea that Millennials "don't see the mountain" is also completely wrong. Most of them understand "the mountain," once they get in their early 20s...What they don't understand is why they have to work for free 2 years and blow a guy to start the trail. All with no guarantees its the right path!

I think its the opposite, Millennials know that their is only room for 6 people on that summit -- and they aren't going to be in the 6...it's not that they don't see the god damn mountain...its the opposite. They see the mountain all to well and understand its not worth struggling and clawing your way to the base..

The main thing that struck a chord was bad parenting to me. I resent how shitty the average boomer parent is. It's like it was all about them and how their kids made them feel. Most of them seem to have put almost no thought in the possibility of not having kids.

[JurisDictum]

This is a high rated comment in the section of that video:

From the thousands of comments I've received on this video, it's quite clear that there is a lot of frustration out there. Simon Sinek is not a millennial, but I am, and his words really struck a chord with me. I am surrounded by people my age who are unhappy, who feel a lack of purpose, who feel entitled, who are depressed and I have even lost friends to suicide. Growing up I was told I could do anything I wanted. I was told I was special. However, I learned early that you don't get everything handed to you. I have my sports career to thank for this mentality. After countless disappointments in athletics, I developed a mindset of resilience. I think that is a key element that so many kids/millennials are missing.

And if I was some young idiot like him -- I might say something similar about how getting competitive at video games like warcraft 3 taught me determination...lost over and over...couldn't get half as good as I wanted. But I got better...

It's the god damn same with almost everyone though isn't it? And do we know the people that didn't experience this are the people with the least job prospects? So WTF is this argument really based on?

[Lulz~Sect]

Pithy reply did t read subway 🚇

[Pokesan]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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And if I was some young idiot like him -- I might say something similar about how getting competitive at video games like warcraft 3 taught me determination...lost over and over...couldn't get half as good as I wanted. But I got better...

It's the god damn same with almost everyone though isn't it? And do we know the people that didn't experience this are the people with the least job prospects? So WTF is this argument really based on?

voted dumpster dinner

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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And if I was some young idiot like him -- I might say something similar about how getting competitive at video games like warcraft 3 taught me determination...lost over and over...couldn't get half as good as I wanted. But I got better...

It's the god damn same with almost everyone though isn't it? And do we know the people that didn't experience this are the people with the least job prospects? So WTF is this argument really based on?

Work is important. It sets you free

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Work is important. It sets you free

put a meaningful before that and maybe you are on to something

work for the sake of working is not important at all.

[skarlorn]

He was making a nazi gulag joke

[skarlorn]

in the field of digital marketing, you often have to write emails

I include merge fields which add the contact's first name to massive email blasts.

Today I was writing a subject line and instead of using the appropriate merge field, I used the %t command

[Lulz~Sect]

Hey guise I almost used an EverQuest command at work

(LOL HOW ODD AND RANDOM)

Cool novel comrade

[skarlorn]

some1 is mad and insEcuRe